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CONTINUOUS WINDING MACHINE Filed April 7, 1942 14 Sheets-Sheet l4 i /a J/ Patented Sept. 25, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE coN'rmUoUs wmnmc momma Wesley s. Corbin, Ridley Park, Pa., Paul L. Tollison and Alfred F. Pilon, North Plainfleld, N. 1.,

Francis Chilson,

Scarsdaie, and Charles 8. Cal'- Pennsylvan Application April 7, 1942, Serial No. 438,044

35 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in winding machines, and more particularly to machines of the type adapted to convert a continuously traveling strip or web into a plurality of relatively small consumer rolls.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a machine of this type which shall be capable of operation at relatively high speeds and which shall, therefore, possess a relatively high productive capacity.

Another object f the invention is to provide in a machine of the stated type novel means for accurately regulating the diameter of the finished rolls, and for producing a roll product of uniform diameter irrespective (within practical limits) of the paper content of the roll.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a machine which shall be adapted in principle for producing rolls from perforated webs,

such as toilet rolls for example, and also rolls '0 from webs which are unperforated, such, for example, as waxed paper.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine which shall be adapted-in principle for winding the rolls upon a base core or, in the absence 'of a core, directly upon a suitable mandrel which may subsequently be withdrawn from the finished roll.

To these various primary ends, and others hereinafter appearing. the invention further contemplates the provision of certain novel structural and mechanical features and combinations hereinafter described and illustrated in the attached drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of a machine made in accordance with our invention:

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of the feeding means from which the work material passes to the mechanism shown in ,Fig. 1:

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view through the winding drum and the'immediately associated parts as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3a is a fragmentary view in perspective showing a detail of the winding drum shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 4 isa section on the line 4-4, Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 isi section on the line i-l'Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-0, 5:

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view from t line 1-1, Fig. '4;

Fig. 8 illustrates in perspective one of thesilements of the valve mechanism associated th the winding drum;

'Fig. 9 is a section on the line 2-8, Fig. 1;

Fig. 35;

(cram-s6) Fig. .10 is a section on the line III-l0, Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a' section on the line ll-l I, Fig. Fig. 12 is a fragmentary view in perspective showinga detail of the mechanism shown in the 5 immediately preceding figures;

, Fig. 13 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a detail of the hopper feed;

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the roll-caging mechanism;

10 Fig. 15 is a fragmentary sectional view show- 15 spective of the caging roll-assembly;

Figs. 18 to 21, inclusive, are fragmentary sectional views illustrating the mode of operation of the roll-caging device and also one of the safety devices; r

Fig. 22 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a modification of the casing means;

Fig. 23 is a fragmentary elevational view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 22;

Fig. 24 is a fragmentary elevational view illusll trating another modification of the caging mechanism;

Fig. 25 is a section on the line 25-25, Fig. 24;

' Figs. 28, 27 and 28 are fragmentary sectional views illustrating a modification of the winding a mechanism within the scope of the invention;

Fig. 29 is a diagrammatic sectional view illustrating another modification of the transfer mechanism;

Fig. 30 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view illustrating still another modification within the scope of the invention;

Fig. 31 is a sectional view illustrating a modiiication of the reel mechanism; I

Fig. 32 is a section on the line 32-32, Fig. 31;

Fig. 33 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional elevational view illustrating another modification within the scope of the invention;

Fig. 34 is another fragmentary sectional view oi the same modification;

" Fig. 35 is e longitudinal sectional view or the drum and immediately associated parts shown in Figs. 33 and 34;

P18. 36 is a; section on the line 30-30, Fig. 33: Fig. 37 is a diagrammatic sectional view illustrating a detail of the mechanism shown in m.

Fig. 38 is a longitudinal sectional view of the valve device shown in Fig. 89;

Fig. 39 is a sectional view on the line 20-22,

view showing details of the mandrel element shown in Fig. 39;

Fig. 41 is a fragmentary view showing one end of the mandrel;

Fig. 42 is a fragmentary view in perspective of one of the reel trunnion elements designed for coaction with the mandrel illustrated in Figs. 39, 40 and 41;

Fig. 43 is a fragmentary sectional view illus-' trating details of the device illustrated in Fig. 33,:

and

With reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the machine comprises a drum which in operation rotates continuously and at a uniform rate of speed and to which the web or strip 2 of work material is guided by means, in the present instance, of an idler roll 3. The several operations upon the web 2, including the winding of the web into the finished rolls, are carried out against the drum I which thereby exercises a direct control over all of'said-operations. The cores or mandrels upon which the web is wound in producing the roll product are carried to the drum on a rotary reel 4, and means is provided, as hereinafter described, for parting the web from Fig. 44 is a top plan view of the portion of the machine shown in Fig. 43.

assaeez Fig. 40 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional against the paper and will overcome the drag of the knives as described without affecting the normal linear movement of the web 2 on the drum.

In a position beyond the roll I5, the reel 4 functions tobring a tubular core I3 against the web on the drum, and means is provided for starting the web around this core to initiate the winding operation. This starting of the web on the core and the parting of the web between the new core I3 and a previously wound and completed roll I1 is a function in part of a pneumatic device contained within the drum I. As best shown in Figs. 3 to 8, inclusive, the drum I is hollow soas to provide at its center a chamber II, and this chamber is connected through a passage I3, which extends through one of the trunnions 2| of the drum, and a pressure line 22 with a suitable source of pneumatic pressure (not shown).

a finished roll and for transferring the free end of the web to a succeeding core or mandrel for a repetition of the winding operation, said means being operative without interruption or deceleration of the normal movement of the web on the drum.

In the present instance, the web 2 is withdrawn from a parent or mill roll 5. see Fig. 2, which is one of several rolls carried on a reel 3, means being provided in associationwith this reel, as

Aug member 26.

indicated at 1', for connecting the trailing end of therewith of an actuating lever 33 whereby the a depleted roll to the outer end of a fresh one so that the passage of the web to the winding machine may be continuous and uninterrupted. Means is provided in the present instance for driving the parent roll from which the web is being withdrawn at a rate of speed synchronized with the rotation of the drum I so as to maintain the web under a continuous and predetermined tension, said means consisting in the present instance of a driven belt or belts 3 which engage the periphery of the roll, the speed of the belts being varied through the medium of a speed-changing unit 9 with which the belt is op eratively connected.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. l, the web 2 in passing around the drum is subjected to the action of a perforating roll II,-'said roll carrying blades I2 which in conjunction with a series of recesses I3 in the peripheral surface of the drum (see Fig. 3a) func-- tion in known manner to perforate the web along transverse lines uniformly spaced longitudinally of the web. In the present instance, rolls I4 and I5 are provided, one at each side of the perforating roll II, these rolls operating against the web in a manner to aid the perforating operation. Preferably the roll I4 is driven at a slightly slower peripheral speed than the linear speed of the web so that it has a dragging action upon the latter which offsets a tendency of the perforating blades to drag the web downwardly into the recesses I3. The peripheral speed or theroll I5 is preferably somewhat higher than the linear speed of the web so that this roll tends to draw the web tightly across the recesses I3 during the perforating operation. These rolls are not tight The chamber I3 is also connected through a series of ports 23 with a chamber 24 within which is mounted a rotary valve member 25. The chamber 24 is formed in the present instance in a housing member 26 which is set into a recess in the periphery of the drum I, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the said housing member extending the full length of the drum, as shown in the'latter figure. A complementary housing member 21 is also provided which overlies the member 23 and which with the latter member is secured in position by screws 28. The housing member 21 is formed interiorly to afford a seat for the cylindrical valve member 25, and this member is also supported at the ends, as indicated at 29, and

also at the center, as shown'at 3|, upon the hous- The valve member 25 is further supported in roller bearings 32 between the housing members 28 and 21, and one end of the valve element is extended through the end of the housing 26-21 so as to provide for connection valve element may be actuated, as hereinafter described, in synchronism with the rotation of the drum I.

The valve member 25 has a series of ports 34.

municate with the channel 35, and through the ports 34 with the chamber 24. The outer exposed face of the housing member 21 is curved to form, in effect, a continuation of the peripheral surface of the drum I, and from this outer surface a narrow slot 39 extends inwardly at an angle to the radius of the drum, the inner end of this slot connecting with a series of ports H which extend to the valve seat in the interior surface of the housing member 21. when as shown in Fig. 5 the valve member 25 is in a certain position of adjustment, the inner ends of the ports 4! are covered by the elements 31 whereby the pressure of airin the chamber 24 acts to force the elements 31 outwardly against the valve seat and over the inner ends of the ports 4| so as to seal the later and to prevent the passage of air to-the slot 39. When the valve member is adjusted to the right, as viewed in Fig. 5, to

an extent bringing the apertures 33 of the elements 31 into alignment with the inner ends result that the air is permitted to escape in a blast through the slot 38 and against the web 2 which normally overlies the slot.

The lever 33 is normally heldby joint action a of a spring 82 and a stop 83 in a position corresponding to that illustrated in Fig. 5, wherein the nozzle slot 38 is disconnected from the source of compressed air. The lever 33 carries at one end a cam roll 88 which is adapted for engagement witha cam 88 pivotally secured at 88 to the fixed structure of the machine. The cam 85 is operatively connected through a link 81 with a pivoted lever 88. and this lever in turn is operatively connected with a solenoid 88 which when energized tends to draw the proximate end of the lever downwardly so as to elevate the cam 48 into the path of the cam roller 88 on the lever 33. when the cam roller contacts the cam88,

the lever 33 is rocked to adjust the valvemember 28 into a position in which compressed air is passed to the nozzle slot 38, as previously described. v

The solenoid 88 is connected, see Fig. 4, in a circuit which includes a rotary switch device 8| operatively associated with the drum I. present instance, one of the trunnions of the drum is provided with an extension 82 which carries a worm 83, and this worm meshes with a worm wheel 58 on a shaft 85 suitably journaied in the frame of the machine. The shaft also carries a disk 88, the peripheral surface of which is insulated, as indicated at 51, with the exception of one point 58. Engaging the peripheral surface of the disk 88 is a contact element 58, and when the disk 88 has turned to an extent bringing the uninsulated-point 88 into contact with the element 58, the electric circuit is completed and the solenoid l8 energized. At all other times during the rotation of the disk 88, the circuit is broken.

The rotation of the disk 88 is synchronized with that of the drum I so that elevation of the cam 45 as described above occurs after each predetermined number of revolutions of the drum. Since the cam 85 is relatively fixed, the actuation of the valve 25 to discharge air through the nozzle slot 38 will occur always in a predetermined position, as illustrated in Fig. 3. It willbe noted that this position is so related tothe core I8 and the previousl wound roll II that the blast of air released through the nozzle slot 38 is imposed upon that portion of the web which lies between the said core I8 and the roll I1, and as a result of this blast the web is parted from the finished roll I1 and is started on the core I8 for the production of another roll, all in the manner hereinafter described. After the transfer is completed, the valve 25 is returned immediatelyto the closed position and remains closed until the next transfer operation occurs.

The reel 8 is best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9 to 12, inclusive. It comprises a main shaft 8|, to each end of which is secured a head member 82. Each of these heads comprises a flange 88 which is secured to the shaft and which has suitably connected to its outer periphery an intumed section 88. In the space between the flange 88 and the extension 84 is a gear wheel 85, this gear being keyed to a hub 88 of a sprocket 81 journaled on the shaft 8|. It is to be noted that tl-e said shaft 8| is journaled in members 88 which are parts of the fixed framework of the machine.

Inthe Supported in bea ings 88, 88 in the peripheral portions of the flange 83 and the extension 88 is a series of shafts II. These shafts, which in the present instance number eight,'are-uniform,-

1y spaced around the periphery of the flange 83,

and each carries a pinion I2 which meshes with the gear 88. As shown in Fig. 1l, eaoh of the shafts 'II extends into a housing I3 which is rotatably supported at I4 in one end of the flange 83 and flange extension 88, and at the other end in a journal I5 formed 0 the outer end of a bracket 18 which is secured the flange 83. The inner extremity of the shaft I is supported on an anti-friction bearing II in the housing I3. Each ofgthe housings I3 has an-arm-like extension I8, and each of these extensions carries a rotatable trunnion element 18. The trunnions on. one of the heads extend toward and are .aligned respectively with the trunnions on the other head. and the trunnions are adapted to support and to carry the aforesaid cores I8 to the drum for initiation of the successive winding operations, as hereinafter described.

' The gear 88 is slidably supported on a sleeve 81- Each of the trunnions I8 i carried on the end of a stub shaft 8| which is journaled in antifriction bearings 82 in the extension 18. Each of the shafts 8| carries within the hollow extension 18 a gear 83 which meshes with a pinion journaled on a pin 85 in said extension. The pinion 84 meshes in turn with a gear element 88 journaled on the shaft H within the housing 13.

which is secured to the shaft II and which has at one end a flange 88 which constitutes one element of a clutch, the other element being in the form of a disk 88 carried by the gear 88. Springs 8| tend to hold .the disk 88 in an extended position from one end of the gear 88, as shown in Fig. 11, and the disk is anchored in the gear'by 40 means of pins 82 which are slidably supported in the gear and which have at their inner ends heads which limit the movement of the disk 88 under the action of the springs 8|. I

The gear 88 has a hub portion 88 which is connected by means of pins 84 with a member 88 slidably supported on the outside of the housing 18, and this member 88 has a circumferential recess 88 which is engaged by arms 81, 81 ex-- tending in spaced relation from a shaft 88 journaled in the bracket 18, said sh'aft having connected to the mid portion thereof an arm 88 by means of which the said shaft and with it the arms 81 may be oscillated so as to axially adjust the gear 88. on the sleeve 81 to an extent engaging or disengaging the clutch elements 88 and 88 as may be required. When the clutch is engaged, the trunnion 18 will be operatively connected with the sprocket 8! whereby rotation of the sprocket will result in a rotation of the trunnion.

It will be noted that the lever 88 carries at its extremity a roller I8I which engages a cam I82 concentric with the shaft 8| and held stationary through the medium of a collar I83 embracing the shaft 8| and connected to the fixed framework I88 of the machine. A spring I88 is confined between a bracket-like extension I88 of the arm 88 and a spring seat I81 in the bracket 18, and this spring I85 exerts resilient pressure to hold the roller MI in engagement with the cam I82. Each of the housings I3 has an arm I88 secured to the inner end thereof, which arm carries a cam roller I88 arranged for engagement with a cam III, this cam being made integral in the present instance with the cam I82, and being thereof.

like the latter immovably connected to the flxed the roller I99 against the cam III. Through 1 the cam III and the arm IIII, the housings 13 are I oscillated for a purpose hereinafter described.

With reference again to Fig. 11, it will be noted that each of the trunnions 19 comprises a hollow cylindrical body member II2 upon which is slidably supported a sleeve III. The inner end of this sleeve is provided with a circumferential recess II4 for reception of a loose collar Hi, this collar having trunnions H6 at opposite sides tively in the bifurcations H1, H1 of a lever II8,

said lever having a pin H9 at one end which is. 1 pivotally held in a Journal boss I2I on the housing extension 13. The pin II9-has attached to 1 its outer end an arm I22, and this am is connected by a link I 23 with a lever I24 which is piv- 1 otally mounted at I25 on a bracket I 26 secured to the housing 13. The lever I24 has a roller I21 at its outer end which is adapted for engagement with each of two cams I28 and I29, which cams are attached through the medium of brackets III to the fixed structure of the cams I02 and III. By action of the roller I21 on the cams I28 and I29, the lever I I8 is moved so as to shift the sleeve III axially on. the member II2, the retractive .movement of the sleeve II 3 being in opposition to a spring I32 which is housed within the hollow member II2. As shown in Fig. 11, this spring bears against a pin I33 the ends of which are secured in the sleeve III and which passes.

through a slot I34 in the wall of the member II2. Also as shown in Fig. 11, the outer end of the sleeve III is beveled at I35, and the outer end portion of the sleeve-is also of slightly reduced diameter adapted to fit neatly within the open ends of the hollow core I8 and having at its inner end a shoulder which in operation bears against the end of the core. When the sleeves III of the companion pairs are retracted on the base members II2, one of the cores I6 may be inserted between the proximate ends of the said sleeves, so that when the sleeves are again advanced, they will enter the respective ends of the 1 cores I9, as shown in Fig. 11. Subsequent retraction of the sleeves will release the core from It is preferred to form the ends of the I are fed to the trunnions 19 as hereinafter described, are carried toward the drum I and against the web 2 upon the drum, whereupon the transfer of the web to the core is made as previously described. Subsequently and during the winding operation the reel advances the core and the roll forming thereon, as illustrated in Fig. 1. During this advance movement, the core. is gradually retracted from the drum surface in order to compensate for the ever increasing diameter of the roll. This retractive' movement is, positively controlled by the cam III, which is shaped as illustrated in Fig. 1, so that the flnished roll "will have a predetermined diameter.

In other words, the cam III will regulate the] diameter of the roll and also its density, and by predeterminedly shaping the cam, a desired final roll diameter may be obtained. It will be noted framework of the machine. Connected to the a housing is a coiled spring IIII which/acts to hold The trunnions III areengased respecthat the device provides for a positive positioning of the axis of the roll withrespect to the surface of the drum during the winding operation, the

said axis gradually withdrawing from the 'surface of the drum as the J winding operation progresses, and this, retraction being controlled in a positive manner by the shape of the cam. In this operation the traverse movement of the roll support is effected by-means exclusive of the roll, the build up of the roll having no'eflect upon the position of the axis at any time during the winding operation.

With further reference to it is'to be noted that the aligned pairs of the trunnions 19 in their movement with the reel are brought into position at opposite sides of thedischarge end I39 of a hopper I, which hopper contains the cores I6.- The discharge end I39 is formed so that the cores move successively to a discharge position wherein the ends are exposed. Resilient arms I42 on the hopper retain the most advanced core of the series in this position as shown in Fig. *13. and the arms may be flexed outwardly to'permit withdrawal of the. core. This withdrawal is eflected by the movement of the reel after the trunnion sleeves III have been projected into the opposite ends of the core. As previously described, the sleeves II3 are retracted by the cams I23 and I29, and when the roller I 21 of the retracting device leaves either one of these cams, the trunnion sleeves are sharply projected outwardly by the springs I34. This projection of the sleeves occurs when they are in alignment with the leading core I 6 at the discharge end of the hopper I4I, whereupon as the rotation of the reel continues'the core is withdrawn between the flexible retaining arms I42.

The retraction of the sleeves III by the cam I29 is for the purpose of releasing the core and the (I) finished roll I1 which has been wound thereon from the reel, this release occurring at a moment when the rolls carried by the reel are in position above a conveyer I43, which conveyer then receives the released roll and carries it from the machine.

The cam I92 functions to engage the clutch 99-99 at a point in the cycle subsequent to the pickup of one of the cores, as described above, and before the core meets the web on the drum. This engagement of the clutch results in a rotation of the core at a peripheral speed at least as great as and preferably somewhat greater than the linear speed of the web on the drum. The clutch remains in engagement during the winding operation, and is again disengaged prior to the release of the finished roll from the reel onto to be noted that the angular speed of the roll forming on the core decreases as the roll grows in diameter, and this decrease in angular speed is providedfor by a relative slipping of the clutch elements 88 and 89 which are built for such slippage.

In Figs. 3 and 14 to 19, inclusive, We have illustrated a means forming an element of the invention for caging the cores I6 during the transfer of the web to the core and during the early part of the winding operation. This casing means, which in oneform comprises rollers which engage and confine the core and the roll against the drum, functions as hereinafter described in the transfer operation, another of its important functions being to support the core which is inherently flexible during the transfer and in the early part of the winding operation so as to pre- Fig. 1 and to Fig. 13,"

. 2,385,692. a vent vibratory or deformative movementsin the core which might interfere'with' the transfer and winding operations. After the winding operation has progressed to a point where the core carries 'suflicient paper to give it the required degree of rigidity, the caging means can be and is withdrawn in preparation for a further cycle of operations on the incoming cores.

Opposite each end of the drum I is a gear I44 having in one face thereof a cam groove I 45. On each of the journals I46 of the drum I, see Fig. 4, is a lever I46, these levers being operatively connected with the cam I45 through the medium of a roller II which projects from one end of the lever into the cam groove I 45, as best shown in Fig. 14. The other ends of the levers are connected by a shaft I52 which extends over and in parallel relation to the drum I. Connected to each end of the shaft I52 is an arm I53, and the forward ends of these arms I53 are connected by a tie rod I54. Supported in the forward ends of the arms I53 and extending between the latter at opposite sides respectively of the tie rod I54 are shafts I55, I55, and mounted for rotation on each of these shafts is a seriesof disk-like rollers I56, the disks themselves being spaced apart by their extended hub portions I 51, as illustrated. Also secured at its opposite ends to and supported by the forward ends of the arms I53 is a curved baille I56, this baflle underlying the tie rod I54 and the shafts I55 and having in each of the opposite longitudinal sides thereof a series of slots I56 for accommodation of the disks I56. As shown in Fig. 14, the disks I55 are adapted to engage and to confine the cores I6 against the drum and upon the web 2 traveling on the drum, and when the rollers thus engage the core, the baille I56 overlies the core in spaced relation to the surface of the latter.

Each of the arm I53 carries at its rear end a roller I6I which is adapted for engagement with a relatively fixed cam I62. This cam carries a pivoted dog I63 which normally and by gravity assumes the position in which it is shown in Fig. 14, resting against a-stop I60, the lower surface of the dog when in this position forming a continuation of the rear end I64 of the cam surface. If, therefore, the roller I 6I is in engagement with the cam surface I54 and is moving in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 14, the dog I53 will cause the roller and the rear end of the arm I53 to be deflected downwardly, as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 14, thereby elevating the forward end of the arm I53 to the dotted line position as illustrated. As the roller clears the forward depending end of the dog I63, the arm I53 is permitted, by reason of the predominant weight of the parts at the forward end thereof to move into the solid line position shown in Fig. 14, in which .position the disks or rollers I56 come into engagement with the surface of one of the cores I5 which has been advanced on the reel to a position against the web 2 on the drum I. It will be noted that in the absence of the core I6, the roller I6I will engage the forward end of the working surface of the cam I62, which latter thereby acts as a stop to limit the downward movement of the forward ends of the arms I53 toward the drum. When the cam I 45 acts to move the levers I 49 in the opposite direction, the roller I 6I on the arms I53 will engage the forward end of the dog I63 and will elevate the dog, as illustrated in Fig. 15, so as to permit the lever, the arms I53 and the associated parts to move to a retracted position withdrawn from the path of the cores I6 on-the' reel approaching the drum.

The operation of this device is as follows: As one of the core I6 is carried on the reel into engagement with the web 2 on the drum, the cam I45 acts to rapidly advance the caging rolls I56 to the position shown in Fig. 14, wherein they act to confine the core as described against the drum. The levers I46 continue their forward movement under action of the cams I45 in timed relation withthe movement of the reel so that the caging rolls maintain their position withrespect to the core. When the parts reach a position as shown in Figs. 3 and 18 wherein the male 36 lies slightly in advance of the core in the direction of its-movement on the reel, the valve is actuated to connect the nozzle with the pressure chamber I6 previously described, with the result that the web 2 is either broken by the pressure of the air or is forced upwardly into the nip between the forward set of caging roll I55 and the core, with the result thatthe web is broken by the pull at said nip. In either event. the air blast from the nozzle forces the web or the free end thereof upwardly around the forward end of the core, as shown in Fig. 16, the baffle I56 acting to direct the air and the web around the core so as to start the winding operation upon the latter. The winding operation now continues to a point shown in Fig. 19. with the caging rolls I56 maintaining their pressure relation upon the roll,

"and at this point the cam I45 act to retract 1 the lever I46 and the caging rolls. The roll under formation now carries sumcient paper to give it the required strength and rigidity and the caging rolls are no longer needed.

With reference to Figs. 1, 20 and 21, it will be noted that a bin I66 has been provided below the reel 4 and in proximity to the surface of the drum, said bin having at the open top thereof a doctor blade I61 which engages the periphery of the drum. Also at the upper open end of the bin is a wheel I66 which frictionally engages the drum. If for any reason the transfer of the web from a wound roll to a succeeding core is not accomplished so that the unbroken web continues to feed around the drum, the bin I66 is adapted to receive the web until such time as the transfer has been effected. Under circumstances such as described above, the unbroken web 2 has a tendency to adhere to the surface of the drum I, so that a loop I66 i formed between the surface of the drum and the previously wound roll I'lI- to which the web is still attached. This loop-ris eventually caught in the nip of the roll I 66 with the drum I, with the result that the web is parted from the roll I! I, as indicated in Fig. 21, the loop I66 being fed by action of the roll I66 and the doctor blade I61 into the bin I66. A suitable nozzle "2 is provided at the top of the bin which by projection of a fluid downwardly into the top of the bin prevents the web from accumulatingat the mouth of the bin and maintains ashaft I62, this shaft being connected by bevel gears I63 and I64 with the drum shaft I66.

the speeds between the drum and the reel 4 for the purpose of changing the length of the web which is wound on the cores to form the finished roll. While this provides for change in the length of the web included in the finished rolls, it does not, if the cam III- is retained, change the diameter of the finished product. Thus, the rolls containing the greater length of web will differ from the rolls of lesser paper content in the density of the roll, but not as to diameter. It is to be noted that a change in the speed of the reel 4 for the purpose set forth must be accompanied by an ad- Justment of the speed ratio between the drum I and the disk 59 which by coaction with the contact element 09 controls the intervals at which the valve 25 operates to interrupt one winding operation and to initiate another, as described above. This adjustment can be made by changing the worm-03 and the worm wheel 54.

Actuation of the trunnion spindles 19 is eflected as previously described through gears 09 add sprockets 91. These sprockets may be connected with the motor I10 by any suitable means, such as the transmission indicated generally at I91 in Fig. 1.

The operation of the mechanism insofar as described will be clear from the foregoing description. The web 2 passing to the drum I is first perforated, and is then wound in successive operations upon the cores I9 to produce the finished roll product I1. The cores are picked up by the reel from the hopper MI and are carried successively to the drum and against the web on the drum, and ar confined by the caging rolls I90 during the transfer operation. This transfer operation is effected by means of the air blast controlled by the valve 20 in conjunction with the caging rolls and the guide baille I99 associated with the latter. As previously stated, the actual parting of the web to separate it from a finished roll and to provide for the winding of the web upon the succeeding core may be effected in one of two ways, depending in part upon the pressure and character of the pneumatic discharge and upon the timing of the valve. Thus the air may be made to carry the web without rupture and in the form of a loop up into the nip of the forward caging roll and the core I0, which has the effect of initiating the winding of the web upon the core before the web is actually parted from the succeeding finished roll. The pneumatic means may also be regulated so that the blast of air is sufilcient in itself to rupture the web at a point between the new core and the completed roll, the air in conjunction with the guide baflle I 59 carrying the free end of the web around the core to initiate the winding operation. The caging means operates as described to confine the successive cores as they are carried to the drum, and maintain their caging function until the windings have increased to a point where the roll is substantially rigid. It is then retracted sharply so as to clear the-path of the succeeeding core in its movement to the roll, and is immediately advanced so as to confine that core against the roll preparatory to the transferoperation. The core-carrying trunnion elements 19 are actuated first to pick up the:

core from the hopper MI, and subsequently to release the finished roll to the conveyer I49. The speed of the drum and of the web 2 is constant throughout, and the speed of rotation of the reel and the timing of the valve may be varied to regulate the paper content of the finished rolls. It will be noted that all operations on the paper, including the perforating, the transfer of the web to the cores, and thewinding operations on the cores are carried out against the drum I, which affords an exact control permitting the operation of the machine at high speed and insuring a finished product accurately measured as to paper content and to diametrical size.

In Figs. 22 and 23, we have illustrated a modi fication of the caging means within the scope of the invention. In this case, the caging rolls I59 are replaced by a series of belts I89 which operate on rolls I99, I09 on the arm I9I, this latter arm corresponding to the arm I53 of the embodiment previously described. The lever I49remains the same as in the previous embodiment, and is, therefore, identified by the same reference numeral. In this case, the belts I99 function to confine the core I9 rotatably against the drum I in the manner shown in Fig. 22.

In Figs. 24 and 25' another modification of the caging means is shown. In this instance, the caging means comprises caging rolls I92, I92 of the same character as the rolls I59 previously described, but in this case provision is made by way of belts I93, I94, I95 and I99 and pulleys I91, I99, I99, 20I, 202 and 209 for positively driving the caging rolls I92 in timed relation with the rotation of the drum I. The pulley 202 is mounted on one of the drum trunnions 2i; the pulleys 20I and 202 upon the pivot pin I49 of the lever I49; the pulleys I and I99 upon the shaft I52 at the end of the lever I49; and the pulleys I91, I91 on the shafts of the respective caging rolls I92.

In Figs. 26, 27 and 28,-we have illustrated a modification of the transfer means, this means involving the use of perforated cores 204 as illustrated. In this case, the core-carrying trunnions 205, which correspond with the trunnions 19 of the previously described embodiment, are

made hollow throughout, and each has connected therewith a flexible tube'209 which extends to a chamber 201 in the flange extension 209 of the reel head. An annular series of chambers 201 is provided in the flange extension 209, one for eachjof the pairs of core-supporting trunnions. The chamber 201opens to the outer face of the extension 209, and seating against this face is a relatively fixed manifold member 209 which is connected through a duct 2 with a suitable source of suction (not shown). As the reel rotates, the chambers 201 are brought successively into communication with the manifold 209, whereupon suction is imposed upon the said chamber and through the duct 209 to the perforated core 204. This suction is imposed at the moment when the pneumatic valve 25 is opened for the transfer operation, so that the blast of air thus released against the web 2 ruptures the web and throws the free end against the perforated core 204, where it is held by suction operating through the perforations v204 for initiation of the winding operation.

A- further modification showing a means for effecting a so-called "wet transfer of the web to the core I6 is illustrated in Fig. 29. In this case, an applicator brush 2I2 is moved between a water-carrying roll 2I3 and a position, shown in full lines in Fig. 29, in which it engages the surface of the cores I9 as the latter move into engagement with the web 2 on the drum I. The

moisture thus applied to the surface of the core 

